1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgDanihttps://www.jta.org/author/dani-sIn Gaza, The Fighting Subsides. For Now. - Jewish Telegraphic Agencyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Gra889NGPz"><a href="https://www.jta.org/2019/05/08/ny/in-gaza-the-fighting-subsides-for-now">In Gaza, The Fighting Subsides. For Now.</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/2019/05/08/ny/in-gaza-the-fighting-subsides-for-now/embed#?secret=Gra889NGPz" width="600" height="338" title="“In Gaza, The Fighting Subsides. For Now.” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="Gra889NGPz" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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As a sense of quiet, however temporary, returned to Israel this week after the fiercest and deadliest escalation of the conflict with Gaza in five years, Israelis were asking what prompted the latest flare-up and what, if anything, it achieved. The answers are difficult to assess. The facts are somber. Four Israeli civilians and an […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315